A full two decades after Tasleem Fazli's song came out, during which Mehdi Hassan had sung it in many live concerts and recordings, Bollywood lyricist Sameer came up with a song for the film Baazi (1995) with shockingly similar and grossly sub-par lyrics. The music was by Anu Malikfor the voices of Udit Narayan and Sadhana Sargam:

dheere dheere aap mere dil ke mehmaaN ho gaye

The less said about these words, the better. Fortunately, the Sameer song renewed buzz around Mehdi Hassan's Ghazal and the latter became popular once again. Good for the "original" version, right?

WRONG! Because Tasleem Fazli's version isn't the original version. Almost a whole decade before that, Qamar Jalalabadi wrote a Ghazal with almost the same words for a(n Indian) movie titled Ham Kahan Ja Rahe Hain (1966), with music by Basant Prakash. Compare this Ghazal to Tasleem Fazli's (above). Do you think we can chalk the similarity down to mere coincidence? :)

The song was first sung by Asha Bhonsle and Mahendra Kapoor for the 1966 Indian movie "Hum Kahana ja rahein hain" starring Abhi Bhattacharya and Nadira with Leela Mishra. The music was by Vasant Prakash.

I am the daughter of Qamar Jalalabadi,living in Mumbai.My Dad wrote this ghazal originally and it was used in Hum Kahan Jaa Rahe Hain.many singers have used the first few lines and the tune and sung this Ghazal in their own voice with different words.Aisa ho jaata hai...but the original is amazing...and I always add this song in my annual Tribute program to my Dad.